How do I make an “A” on my 9-Weeks Test?

9-WEEKS REVIEW

Study Flashcards with a friend or family member.

Remember there are three vocabulary sheets: The Holocaust Vocabulary

Short Story ElementsVocabulary III

**All three vocabulary lists are on my website under “Vocabulary” on the left-side of page.

VOCABULARY

Study Prefixes with a friend or family member.

Remember there are three sets of prefixes and it’s under “Vocabulary” on my website

titled Root Words 2013.

PREFIXES

Study the grammar study guide that I provided for you on the last grammar quiz:

8 parts of speech5 parts of a sentence

Complete Subj./Complete Pred.Subjects, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions,

Prepositional Phrases, Object of PrepositionQuestions that Adjectives and Adverbs Answer

Kinds of Sentences (Declarative, Exclamatory, Imperative, and Interrogative)

Classify Sentences (Identify parts of speech and parts of sentence)

STUDY THE GRAMMAR STUDY GUIDE

Be prepared to read a passage and find the main idea and supporting detail.

Where Do Songs come from? Historians say the earliest music was probably

connected to religion. Long ago, people believed the world was controlled by a variety of gods. Keeping the

gods happy was believed to be very important to survival. Singing was among the first things humans did to show

respect to the gods.Singing is still an important part of most religions.

Buddhist (bood-ists), Christians, and Jews all use chants and/or songs in their religious ceremonies. If you have

every sung a song, you know singing is fun. The feeling of joy that comes from singing must also have made ancient

people feel happy. What is the main idea? What are some supporting details?

FIND THE MAIN IDEA/SUPPORTING DETAIL

Be prepared to answer basic comprehension questions on Act II.

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

Noun

Pronoun

Adjective

Adverb

Verb

Adverb

Conjunction

Interjection

Preposition

EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH

Refer to your D.O.L. for examples.

whose that note from asked mrs capulet juliets mother. Its from that beauteous romeo replied

juliet dreamily

Correct the sentence above with the correct punctuation for quotations.

“Whose that note from?” asked Mrs.Capulet, Juliet’s mother. It’s from that beauteous

Romeo,” replied Juliet dreamily.

PUNCTUATING QUOTATIONS

The trouble with television is that it discourages concentration. Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life requires some constructive,

consistently applied effort. The dullest, the least gifted of us can achieve things that seem miraculous to those who never concentrate on anything.

But television encourages us to apply no effort. It sells us instant gratification. It diverts us only to divert, to make the time pass without

pain.

Television’s variety becomes a narcotic, not a stimulus. Its serial, kaleidoscopic exposures force us to follow its lead. The viewer is on a

perpetual guided tour: thirty minutes at the museum, thirty at the cathedral, then back on the bus to the next attraction – except on

television, typically, the spans allotted are on the order of minutes or seconds, and the chosen delights are more often car crashes and people killing one another. In short, a lot of television usurps one of the most precious of all human gifts, the ability to focus your attention yourself,

rather than just passively surrendering it.

Who can quarrel with a medium that so brilliantly packages escapist entertainment as a mass-marketing tool? But I see its values now pervading

this nation and its life. It has become fashionable to think that, like fast food, fast ideas are the way to get to a fast-moving, impatient public.

FINDING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

Find the answer in the text:

1) According to the author, what is the “trouble” with television?

2) According to the passage, a lot of television usurps one of the most precious

of all human gifts. What is this gift?3) The author says that television “sells

instant gratification.” The word “gratification” probably means—

A) information, B) interpretation, C) satisfication

FINDING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

Grammar Practice

Find the complete subject and complete predicate, and then identify the simple subject and simple predicate:1. Species of plants and animals are disappearing near cities.2. Urban sprawl harms their habitats.3. Growing families want bigger houses and yards. 4. Many of them move from dense central cities into suburbs. 5. Real-estate developers need land for new housing.

Find the three sentences that have prepositional phrases and write down the phrase labeling the preposition and the object of the preposition.

Identify the verb phrases in the following sentences and label the helping verb (s) and the main verb: 6. Modern industries have allowed cities and towns to flourish. 7. However, they can cause serious problems as well.8. Chemical wastes from factories can poison our environment. 9. Pollution is endangering animals and plants. 10.Automobiles have been polluting the air for decades.

Grammar Practice (Advanced Only)

Find the compound sentence part in each of the sentences below and label it for Compound Subject (CS), or Compound Verb (CV).

1. Tornadoes and hurricanes are dangerous.2. The swollen river rose and crested.3. Alabama and Mississippi have been devastated by both

weather events.4. Rescue workers located and evacuated residents.5. A flood or an earthquake can devastate a city.

Identify the different kinds of sentences: 6. I went to Honolulu last week. ______________7. Did you surf while you were there? ______________8. Show me your photographs. ______________ 9. What a lucky person you are! ______________

1. The mighty PACK team trudged through the first 9-Weeks with an extremely diligent attitude.

CLASSIFYING SENTENCES